Chris Evans Misses Major Cannes Premiere — The Reason Will Melt Your Heart

Chris Evans has his priorities in order.

One of the Avengers star’s latest films, Honey Don’t! had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Friday, May 23, though he was absent from the red carpet. Costars Charlie Day, Aubrey Plaza, Margaret Qualley and more dressed up to debut the movie alongside writer-director Ethan Coen.

Evans, 43, explained why he missed the premiere with a messages on his Instagram Stories Sunday, May 25.

“I wish I could’ve been with my incredible cast and filmmakers at Cannes,” he wrote, “but it was my mother’s 70th birthday and there are some things you just can’t miss! Congrats everyone!!”

In a 2020 Esquire interview, Evans affectionately called his mom Lisa “a nut — she’s a character in a movie.” In the same article, Lisa said Evans, who has three siblings, once told her his “biggest fear was losing his anonymity” by taking the Captain America role.

She recalled, “He said, ‘I have a career now where I can do work I really like. I can walk my dog. Nobody bothers me. Nobody wants to talk to me. I can go wherever I want. And the idea of losing that is terrifying to me.’ “

When he would “call and ask for my advice,” she would tell him, “Look, you want to do acting work for the rest of your life? If you do this part, you will have the opportunity. You’ll never have to worry about paying the rent. If you take the part, you just have to decide it’s not going to affect my life negatively — it will enable it,” Lisa told Esquire.